(a) Within seventy-two (72) hours of beginning to provide care for a child who was transported across state lines to enter the agency‘s care and whose transport across state lines was not subject to the Interstate Compact for Juveniles, compiled in chapter 4, part 1 of this title or the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, compiled in chapter 4, part 2 of this title, a nontraditional child care agency shall:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 37-5-522

  • agency: means the person or entity that provides child care, regardless of whether such person or entity is licensed. See Tennessee Code 37-5-501
  • Child: means :
    (i) A person under eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 37-5-103
  • Child care: means the provision of supervision, protection and the basic needs of a child for twenty-four (24) hours a day including the provision of such temporary services to a child awaiting placement in permanent care. See Tennessee Code 37-5-501
  • child care agency: includes "child abuse agency" "child caring institution" "child placing agency" "detention center" "family boarding home or foster home" "group care home" "maternity home" or "temporary holding resource" as defined in subsection (b). See Tennessee Code 37-5-501
  • children: means a person or persons under eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 37-5-501
  • Department: means the department of children's services. See Tennessee Code 37-5-501
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • sex: means a person's immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth and evidence of a person's biological sex. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) Prepare a file containing minimal identification requirements of the child. The file must contain, at a minimum, the child’s:

(A) Name;
(B) Sex;
(C) Height and weight;
(D) Verifiable identifiers, if any;
(E) Fingerprint sample;
(F) Dental record or copy of the child’s birth certificate;
(G) Immunization record;
(H) Photograph; and
(I) List of relatives, if known, and their contact information; and
(2) Submit a copy of the file to the department in a form deemed appropriate by the department by rule.
(b) At least ten (10) business days prior to the transport of a child as described in subsection (a) from the care of the agency to the care of an individual or entity, the nontraditional child care agency shall:

(1) Notify the department that the child will be transported; and
(2) Provide the department with identifying information as deemed appropriate by the department by rule.
(c) The department shall maintain the information described in subsections (a) and (b) in a database. The department shall provide access to the database to law enforcement and other individuals and entities as deemed appropriate by the department by rule and in accordance with all applicable law.
(d) If the department determines that a nontraditional child care agency has violated subsection (a) or (b), then the department may revoke the agency’s license in accordance with this part.
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